[nolan7120]

I have both the Becker and Yaeger FAR review material for 2014. And yes I know about the 2016 changes lol.

Anyway, I watched a few of Yaeger’s lectures and they were just awful to watch. Becker’s lectures on the other hand, I found to be very user-friendly and something I could definitely watch without contemplating suicide.

From the little bit of Yaeger material that I watched, I remember Phil saying loud and clear “Don’t do any questions unless we tell you to do them!”

So here I am, getting super annoyed when I’m going through the Becker MCQs. For example, Becker wants me to do 53 MCQs after the “Bonds” lecture. Yaeger requires only 26 questions for the same section. Sometimes I find myself wanting to pull out my hair with how twisty Becker’s questions can get.

I’ve read on this forum that the FAR content from Becker is more difficult than the actual exam. I find myself understanding the topics during lecture and with the basic and intermediate problems, but when they start throwing accrued interest and non-convertible bond questions at me in several different formats, I find myself losing focus. Everything starts to mesh together and I forget what’s what.

So, long story short, I’m considering just using the Becker lectures and doing only the problems that Yaeger says to do (Because Phil said so!). Anybody else find that the amount of MCQs Becker asks you to do is an excessive amount? I feel that trying to do every question they ask for every section will ultimately be counter-productive. Thanks for any insight!

AUD - 79
BEC - 76
FAR - 81
REG - 84

Finished!

FAR (6/9/16) - 81

[nolan7120]

Bumpity bump

I know there has to be some people who took Becker self study and decided to change their study plan up due to the insane amount of MCQs they assign that jump all over the place. Just curious about what you did to hone your study habits…

AUD - 79
BEC - 76
FAR - 81
REG - 84

Finished!

FAR (6/9/16) - 81

[mtaylo24]

Well I use Gleim and I had to shut off their TB for my final review. I think I am failing because they have like 2000+ MCQs per section and I am trying to do all of them.

For my REG final review and I am doing Wiley and Gleim book questions only. I think its about 600 questions per book. I am now able to see the different topics multiple times before test day. I hope it works or at least gets me close.

CPA (2017)

REG:  75

BEC:  76

FAR:  77

AUD: 78

 

CMA (2019)

P1: 380

P2: 360

AUD - 1st - 60 (12/12), 61 (2/13), 61 (8/13), 78! (11/15)
REG - 55 (2/16) 69 (5/16) Retake(8/16)
BEC - 71(5/16) Retake (9/16)
FAR - (8/16)

[SaveBandit]

Becker gives you worst case scenario questions. They over prepare you for the math and under prepare you for the conceptual. Out of four tests, I never saw any mcq that was as lengthy as some of the becker ones. Some of theirs, particularly with regard to BEC, required multiple steps to solve whereas I remember very few that were more than one step on the actual test.

By the time I got to my fourth test, I stopped doing the becker practice exams as they needlessly caused panic, and I also only did the optional questions once. There is something that is “off” about the optional questions, IMO. You think you understand a concept and then you'll get to a bizarre optional one that makes you question everything you've learned so far. So, I would work them once but not get too caught up in the weird ones.

AUD - 94
BEC - 86
FAR - 85
REG - 90

If you pray enough, you can turn yourself into a cat person.

4 for 4

FAR 85
AUD 94
BEC 86
REG 90

[nolan7120]

Thanks for the replies. Maybe Becker assigns all the extra MCQs in order to justify their higher price lol. I think their over preparation for the math concepts is actually a major weakness. All depends on the person I guess. It just sucks that it took me a few weeks to figure it out because I'd be done by now instead of just finishing F7 with FAR in less than a week.

Now I feel as though I'm cruising through the material while actually understanding it and not being super overwhelmed. And that's using the Becker lectures coupled with Yaeger's assigned problems.

AUD - 79
BEC - 76
FAR - 81
REG - 84

Finished!

FAR (6/9/16) - 81

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